France/Côte d’Ivoire – Probable line-ups for the friendly | OneFootball

This Thursday, the French national team will play a warm-up match for the 2026 World Cup against Ivory Coast at 9:10 p.m. at the Stade de la Beaujoire (broadcast on TF1). On the eve of the match, L’Equipe tried to predict the lineups that will be fielded by France head coach Didier Deschamps and his Ivorian counterpart Emerse Faé. A match involving 5 Paris Saint-Germain players, all French: Lucas Hernandez, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé. None of them is expected to start

France (4-2-3-1) –

Mbappé

Thuram – Olise – Cherki

Rabiot – Tchouaméni

T. Hernandez –  Konaté – Upamecano – Koundé

Maignan.

Ivory Coast (4-3-3) –

Y. Diomande – Wahi – Am. Diallo

Kessié – Oulaï – Sangaré

Konan – O. Diomandé – Koussounou – G. Doué

Ya. Fofana

Both lineups seem quite plausible, considering the most recent matches and the players available. On the Bleus side, the media tend to be fairly accurate when it comes to Deschamps’ choices. There is also some expected workload management for the PSG players, who played in the Champions League final against Arsenal last Saturday.

Be careful, though: there are still other possible options on both sides in two strong squads. We will have to wait for the official announcement, around an hour before kickoff, to know for sure.

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